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    Default West Central Ohio Vasculitis Foundation Support Group

    Here is a photo of the attendees at the first meeting of the West Central Ohio Vasculitis Foundation Support Group in Springfield, OH. I am wearing a blue shirt in the second row.

    We had a good turnout despite the fact that there was a tornado warning about an hour before the meeting started. Most of the vasculitis patients present were fellow weggies.

    Guest speaker was Dr. Don Gebhardt, a retired ENT who is a fellow weggie. He said that before cytoxan became widely used in the 1970s to treat GPA/Wegs, the 2-year mortality rate was about 90%. Pretty sobering.

    Consensus of the group was to meet again in about 3 months. Hope to see more of this forum's members from Ohio there next time. I'll keep you posted.
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    WOW, awesome turnout.
    Phil Berggren, dx 2003

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    Hi Pete, you look great btw, you don't look sick are there more forum members in the pic ?
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    You're looking great, Pete! That was an awesome turnout! I really wanted to go, but I was just so exhausted... I ended up coming home from my dentist appointment and napped the rest of the day. When I woke up I had already missed it. Hopefully I'll have this fatigue under control and make the next one!
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    Alysia, no other forum members there. I mentioned the forum to several people and will provide the chapter with info.

    Rebekah, sorry you couldn't make it. Understand why. About an hour before I arrived, Springfield had a tornado warning. No damage, but quite a bit of rain.

    Thanks for the comments about my appearance. I'm also feeling good.
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    Was it pretty informative ? I wanted to go also but having to take care of mom I couldn't get away. My days are pretty much at home with her. But that was a nice group picture,did u tell them about our forum here,maybe some of them will join. Glad you didn't have a tornado, the news wasn't sounding good for there.
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    Default Hello & Intro

    Hello everyone, I am Glen Massie. I am a Chapter Coordinator with Vasculitis Foundation's West Central Ohio Chapter. I joined this Forum after being invited by Pete. I just want to mention that we had a great meeting last night, even though I believe the weather hindered the ability for some to make it. The session was very informative and the speaker, Dr. Don Gebhart delivered an excellent presentation. We also received a visit from Christopher Martin, Aide to Congressman John Boehner. Mr. MArtin delivered a personal letter from the Speaker of the House, wishing our Chapter much success. I hope to have photos and a video of Dr. Gebhart's talk on our Chapter website soon. Check us out at www.WestCentralOhioVF.org

    I hope to meet all of the Ohio Forum members in person at out next Chapter meeting.

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    Hi Debra,

    Sorry you couldn't make it. It would have been a long drive. I think there's a chapter in Cleveland also.

    Dr Gebhardt's presentation was good. Served as a good overall summary of how to live with Vasculitis. It was also good to meet with fellow patients and learn what they've been through.

    Sorry your Mom is doing poorly.
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    Hey, sorry I couldn't make it. Got stuck at work later than I would have liked. By the time I got home the storms were starting and I honestly just couldn't motivate myself to drive in it. Sorry for the laziness
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    Hi Glen and welcome to the forum.

    I'm so glad you could make it here and I also thank you for being a co-ordinator of a very important meet up.

    It's a shame our other Ohio members couldn't make it - but there will always be other times I'm sure.
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    Michelle


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